Basics of Sexuality

I. What is Sexuality?

Sexuality involves more than just having sex or engaging in sexual activities. Your sexuality affects the shape of your body, the way you see yourself in the mirror, and the way your body feels when you touch it. Sexuality is about the person you feel you are as a man or a woman, about your sexual orientation and identity. It is about your body and the way you dress, move, speak, and act or feel about other people. These are all parts of who you are as a person, from birth until you die, throughout the duration of your life. Everyone has his or her own way of being or feeling sexual. In fact, many teens choose to wait until they are adults before they are ready to be in a sexual relationship. You are a sexual person just the same. Our sexuality is a natural and healthy part of the person that we are, and many people in our society try to hide this fact from us. Society